Flare Parachute No 14 11T.

[ron3350]

I saw this item in a shop and looked on the net for ID. The chute photo is taken from the net.
It has a parachute that screws onto a flare of some kind so an airforce item? Dated 1945.
I ask what flare it screws onto and how the flare is ignited. Any help/photos appreciated.

 

[ThomasP]

If the chute is less than Ø2 ft when deployed then I think this was used by the RAF on the US made 20 lb Fragmentation Bomb M41 series - effectively turning them into para-frags. It would originally have had a threaded adaptor for attaching to the tail of the bomb. The RAF usually used the M41 bombs thus modified in the No.23 and No.24 Cluster Projectiles. It is possible it might have been used on other similar types of bombs but I have no literature mentioning this.

It is possible that it was used on some type of flare but I have no literature mentioning this. The RAF reconnaissance flares usually used fairly large diameter parachutes of Ø8-11 ft to allow extended illumination times.

 

[ron3350]

The net says it is a 16 inch diameter parachute.